VenturEast
Venture capitalBangalore · Seed–Late Stage · 14 people tracked
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Investment thesis
VenturEast is an early-stage technology investor in India focused on rapidly growing businesses with clearly defined competitive moats. It invests across deeptech (climate, industry, mobility, energy, agriculture); product software (enterprise, SaaS, dev tools, data, AI and GenAI applications); B2B (supply chain digitization and e-commerce enablers); and 'Middle India' opportunities in fintech, consumer tech, and health. The firm emphasizes a hands-on approach backed by deep domain expertise spanning deep science, enterprise, SaaS, India consumer, and climate tech, with a team that has navigated multiple economic and investment cycles over more than two decades.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 39 of 65 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×11AI & Machine Learning ×10Digital Health ×8SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×6Hardware ×6Biotech ×5Consumer ×5
HQs:India×24United States×6Italy×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×43 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta ×2Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ×2
Investments · 65 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12016 · 12014 · 14 dated
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Digital HealthE-commerceHealthtechIndia, IN
Co-investorsKae CapitalLeo Capital VenturesPeak XV PartnersSpring Marketing CapitalMaverick Ventures
3D Perception develops simulation visual display systems for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications across land, air, sea, and space environments.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareUnited States / Norway, US
Knut Krogstad(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureYourNest Venture Capital
ACKO is an insurtech company that provides car, corporate health, health, travel, and life insurance products in India through a direct-to-consumer technology platform.
Digital HealthFintechInsurTechMumbai, IN
Varun Dua(Founder)inVishwanath Ramarao(Co-Founder)Ruchi Deepak(Founder Emeritus)in
Co-investorsAccelElevation CapitalGeneral AtlanticLightspeed Venture PartnersNuVenturesRPS Ventures+4 more
REPROCELL provides integrated solutions for stem cell research, cell therapy development, and drug discovery, including iPSC tools, biospecimens, tissue models, and GMP manufacturing services for clinical and preclinical research.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Enel is an energy utility group that produces and supplies power, with a focus on renewable energy generation, energy trading, and related services across multiple markets in the Americas and Europe.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyRome, IT
Co-investorsCowles Ventures
DesiCrew is an India-based impact sourcing company, founded out of IIT-Madras, that runs AI data and enterprise delivery programs through teams distributed across delivery centers in small-town and rural India.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodInsurTech
ModalityDx develops quantitative point-of-care diagnostic tests using molecular biomarkers and data science to detect and assess treatment response for diseases including diabetes, maternal health conditions, and autoimmune disorders.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesHillsboro, US
Srinivasa Rao Nagalla(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Dave Gunderson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRick Miller(Director)Chris Dudley(Director)Robert Gregg(Director)Robert Gootee(Director)
Exited with a 13.5x return on investment.
ekincare operates a corporate health benefits platform that combines employee health management, risk prediction, and health insurance claims processing for employers in India.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechHR TechInsurTechSaaSIndia, IN
Srikanth Samudralain
Co-investorsEndiya PartnersHealthQuadTrifecta Capital AdvisorsEight Roads VenturesSiana Capital Management
e2E Rail provides rail engineering and design services for mainline and mass transit infrastructure projects, specializing in track systems, signalling, communication systems, and electrification.
Construction TechLogistics & Supply Chain
Evolva (EvoNext Holdings SA / Evolva Holding AG) develops and markets flavour and fragrance products.
BiotechFoodTechNew Materials
Co-investorsSunstone CapitalEntrepreneurs FundNice & Green
Findmeashoe provides an AI computer-vision system that recommends shoe sizes and fit quality from one or two smartphone photos of a customer's foot, building a personalized 3D foot profile matched against scanned 3D models of footwear.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechBengaluru, IN
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesTechstars
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IncNut operates content-driven, customized e-commerce consumer brands, including the parenting website MomJunction and the personalized skincare and Ayurvedic hair care lines SkinKraft and Vedix.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & Fitness
Infinite Uptime builds PlantOS, a prescriptive AI platform for heavy manufacturing that reads mechanical and process-induced fault signatures to tell plant operators which equipment fault to fix, why, and by when.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoTMenlo Park, US
Raunak Bhinge(Executive Officer, Director)inJean-David Margulici(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAvataar Venture PartnersDorm RoomGiTV, Inc.Mayfield FundOUP (Osage University Partners)TDK Ventures+2 more
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Next Education builds technology-enabled learning content and platforms for schools in India, including products like TeachNext and LearnNext, digital classrooms, activity/lab kits, and a learning management system.
EdTechSaaSIndia, IN
Raveendranath Kamath(Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer)Beas Dev Ralhan(Chief Executive Officer)Daljit Singh(Director)
iQlect develops a converged, AI-enabled platform for real-time predictive big data analytics.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sachin Sinha(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsExfinity Ventures
Kissht offers digital gold as an online investment product, letting users in India buy, sell, redeem, and store 24K gold via its app starting from ₹10, with holdings backed by insured physical gold and real-time price tracking.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMumbai, IN
Ranvir Singh(Chairman & CEO)inKrishnan Vishwanathan(Co-founder & Promoter)in
Co-investorsEndiya PartnersTrifecta Capital AdvisorsVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Goldman Sachs
Little Eye makes performance analysis software for Android developers and QA testers.
Developer Tools
Aditya KulkarniGiridhar MurthyLakshman Kakkirala
Co-investors500 GlobalEndiya Partners
Portfolio company (founder: Rajat)
Co-investorsCactus Venture PartnersTracxn labsSingularity VenturesStride Ventures
HealthtechPlymouth, US
JAMES BUCK(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMOHAMED ABDUL NASER BIN JAAFAR, MD(Director)RAMESH ALUR(Director)inDANIEL PELAK(Director)MARSHALL STANTON(Director)J. ANDREW BETTS(Director)
MoEngage is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver personalized experiences across industries including financial services, food & beverage, media & entertainment, travel & hospitality, and retail/e-commerce.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Raviteja Dodda(Executive Officer, Director)inYashwanth Kumar Kammara(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardShailesh Ghorpade(Director)inRahul Chandra(Director)inTarun Davda(Director)inSrikanth Sundararajan(Director)in
Co-investorsAlchemist AcceleratorAmicus Capital PartnersB Capital GroupB4 CapitalChrysCapitalExfinity Ventures+3 more
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MosChip Technologies is a semiconductor and product engineering services company providing end-to-end design and development from concept to complete systems, serving enterprise customers across multiple industries.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSemiconductorsHyderabad, IN
Ram Reddy(Founder & CEO)inSrinivasa Rao Kakumanu(Managing Director & CEO)in
Neurosynaptic Communications provides customized healthcare delivery solutions and telemedicine services designed for primary healthcare centers and underserved regions.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Sameer Sawarkar(Founder and CEO)inRajeev Kumar(Founder and COO)in
Co-investorsBill & Melinda Gates FoundationHealthQuad
Exited with 35x return on investment.
OneBreath is an international medical device company that commercializes mechanical ventilation technology developed at Stanford University, offering high-performance ventilators at an affordable cost.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Orca Systems is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, tests, and manufactures RF ICs, RF IP, mixed-signal ASICs, and RF-based SoCs, with a focus on low-power RF transceivers for the IoT market.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSemiconductors
John McDonough(CEO/CTO & Director)in
Portea Medical provides medical care in patients' homes, offering primary, preventive, and elderly care services.
Digital HealthHealthtechBengaluru, IN
Vaibhav Tewari(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelFundamentumQualcomm Ventures
Sapala Organics is a contract research and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) specializing in nucleic acid chemistry, oligonucleotide synthesis, and medicinal chemistry for the pharmaceutical industry.
BiotechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Dr. P.Y. Reddy(Founder)Dr. Yogesh Sanghvi
Co-investorsAdvent International
SkinKraft sells customized, dermatologist-approved skincare and haircare products based on a skin/hair profiling tool (SkinID) that matches ingredients and formulations to individual needs.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsRPSG Capital Ventures
Vibromech manufactures anti-vibration products and solutions for automotive and industrial applications, serving global OEMs including Cummins, Ford, GM, and Caterpillar.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareChennai, IN
R Ramamurty(Chairman & Managing Director)Mahesh Ramamurthy(Joint Managing Director)Anu Ramamurty(Joint Managing Director)
VideoVerse is an AI-powered video technology platform that creates automated highlights and transforms live and archival sports video content.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalCathexis VenturesEvolvence India FundHyderabad AngelsMoneta VenturesSavano Capital Partners
Zopper is an insurtech platform in India that partners with businesses and insurance providers to distribute insurance products.
FintechInsurTechSaaS
Surjendu K.(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersElevation CapitalNirvana Venture AdvisorsBlume VenturesICICI VentureTiger Global Management
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
2AdproAd2proBen FranklinBharat Light and PowerBoonBoxCronaiE2E RailEdge NetworksElbiteYantraIndusosINurtureMGH LabsMoschip SemiconductorsOnconovaOrion EdutechPitstopRichcoreRichcore LifesciencesRichcoreindiaSecloreSresta's 24 MantraTotal Prosthetics and Orthotics
Exits · 4
4 acquisitions · showing 2Little Eyeacq. by Allume EnergyRichcore Lifesciencesacq. by Laurus Labs
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Kissht · inc42.com · Sep 6, 2026
Zaggle · economictimes.indiatimes.com · Aug 20, 2026
Ocean Sparkle · investywise.com · Aug 11, 2026
Lohum · news.metal.com · Aug 3, 2026
Dodla Dairy · agrospectrumindia.com · Jul 31, 2026
Acko · m.economictimes.com · Jun 27, 2026
Palred · marketsmojo.com · Jun 26, 2026
MoEngage · tipranks.com · Dec 21, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has VenturEast made?
- VenturEast has 65 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does VenturEast invest at?
- VenturEast invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does VenturEast focus on?
- VenturEast focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, B2B Marketplaces, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, E-commerce, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Hardware, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Retail Tech, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is VenturEast located?
- VenturEast is headquartered in Bangalore, IN.
- Who does VenturEast co-invest with?
- VenturEast most often shares deals with Trifecta Capital Advisors, Endiya Partners, Exfinity Ventures, among 49 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamPodcast #9 | Discussing AI with Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan - General Partner at Ventureast
Gradient Advisors · Srikanth Sundararajan
Pivotal Moments with Sarath Naru - venture capitalist and founder of VenturEast
Ram Shivakumar · Sarath Naru
Episode XXXix- Srikanth Sundararajan, General Partner at VenturEast
DamaniTalks · Srikanth Sundararajan
Evolution of SaaS | Srikanth Sundararajan | General Partner - Ventureast | The Startup Operator
The Startup Operator · Srikanth Sundararajan
Sarath Naru (Ventureast) at Startup Grind Chennai
Startup Grind Local · Sarath Naru
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